Pontius Pilate remains a pivotal figure in Christian history due to his role in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Pontius Pilate served as a Roman prefect (governor) of Judea during the ...

including the trial of Jesus before the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate. Biblical scholars and historians have pored over surviving records to determine the exact timing and location of this crucial ...

Yet even after this mockery of a trial, Pontius Pilate seemed incapable of escaping the truth now that he came face to face with him. He commanded the sign to be erected above Jesus proclaiming ...

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius ... said that Pilate became a Christian. Scholars have long debated the historical facts of Jesus’ trial.

Jesus’s trial and Jesus’s crucifixion. In the musical, Pontius Pilate is the governor of the Roman province of Judea and has Jesus flogged to appease a mob demanding for Jesus’s crucifixion.

Roman law was supposed to give Jesus a fair trial, but this was not the case It is said that justice given by Roman law was famous, and thus it was expected that the governor, Pontius Pilate ...

In the preeminent criminal trial of the ages, Pontius Pilate asked Jesus of Nazareth whether he considered himself some sort of king. This was a life-and-death question. The Roman Empire held ...

Scholars have long debated the historical facts of Jesus’ trial. In my 2025 book ... An illustration from the 14th century shows Pontius Pilate washing his hands to absolve himself as ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. In the preeminent criminal trial of the ages, Pontius Pilate asked Jesus of ...

(The Conversation) — Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to ... debated the historical facts of Jesus’ trial. In my 2025 book, “Killing the ...

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted ...